Since children from dysfunctional families are so good at judging others, they also judge themselves finding themselves unacceptable when compared to others, always assuming they are second best, not enough. This is a painful realization so often they hide behind righteous arrogance.

— David W. Earle

So many of us have believed that we need to labor and perform for God so that we can gain an identity, so that we might be accepted. But in the Kingdom, we start off accepted.

— Beni Johnson

The most difficult thing a failure can do is accept his identity or status

— Nathanael Kanyinga

The soul accepts the mystery within and all around, immersing itself in it, celebrating it.

— Jay Woodman

...the state of perfection is an elusive goal; demanding something so obscure as almost unattainable and can become a compulsive, crazy making squirrel-on-a-wheel way of living.

— David W. Earle

This wonderful gray of acceptance resides between the extremes of black and white thinking; looking for serenity, explore the gray. Part of that acceptance is understanding that life is hard and involves life and death. Part of that acceptance is that I am responsible for my actions.

— David W. Earle

Whatever you are, Onion," he said, "be it full.

— James McBride

When all humans have self-love, wouldn’t it be heaven on earth?

— Tom Lusk

When I learned about the gray existing between the black and white of absolute terms, I began to experience more peace. The more I expanded my gray areas (more than 50 shades), the more peace I experienced in my life.

— David W. Earle

When I looked at myself through the prism of awareness, great tears came as I connected with how this wounded child felt.

— David W. Earle